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Reflections on Psalms 136-140

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Which psalm or verse especially reflects your heart today?  Use those words to talk to the Lord.

  • Thanks for His Love – Psalms 136 and 138 call us to give thanks to God for his steadfast love toward us. If you were to write a psalm like Psalm 136, what loving acts of God would you include?  Give thanks to him for his loving work in your life.
  • God Knows Us – Psalm 139 reminds us that he knows us completely. He knows where we go and what we think.  He knows what we will say before we say it.  He knew us as he created us in our mother’s womb.  He knows what is in our hearts.  How do you respond to these amazing truths?

The Theme of Revelation

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Theme: Behold the Coming of Our Triumphant King

Behold: Behold the visions John saw and recorded.
Coming: Jesus is coming soon.  Even so, come, Lord Jesus!
King: Jesus reigns as king over all.
Triumphant King: Jesus will defeat all his enemies when he returns.
Our Triumphant King: No matter how bad things look, we are on the winning side.  Because Jesus wins, so will we.

So let us live with courageous hope.  No matter what we face, we can have courage today because we have a sure hope for the future.

So let us live with faithful endurance.  In the face of persecution, temptations, and suffering, let us endure faithfully for our King.

So let us live with awe-filled worship.  We have a great King who is worthy of all praise, glory, and honor, so let us worship him in awe.

Family Collection

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Tim Challies has been doing a weekly series about godly moms.  In honor of Mother’s Day, here are the first five posts:

Christian Men and their Godly Moms (Intro)

The Hidden Strength of a Weak Mother (John Newton’s Mom)

The Power of a Praying Mother (Hudson Taylor’s Mom)

The Unbreakable Bond of Training and Tenderness (John Gresham Machen’s Mom)

The Power of a Persevering Mother (Christopher Yuan’s Mom)

 

Revelation Quote

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RevQuotes

One of the main goals of the book, therefore, is to exhort believers to remain faithful to Christ in spite of present sufferings and in spite of the temptations to engage in idolatry represented by compromise with the world-system, because this faithfulness will eventually be rewarded in the heavenly kingdom.

– G.K. Beale in Revelation

Reflections on Psalms 130-135

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Which psalm or verse especially reflects your heart today?  Use those words to talk to the Lord.

  • Hope in the Lord – The Psalmist cries out to God for forgiveness, and then waits and hopes in the Lord (Psalm 130). He humbles and quiets himself as he hopes in the Lord (Psalm 131).  Have you humbled yourself before the Lord?  For what do you need forgiveness?  Describe your hope in the Lord.
  • Bless the Lord – Psalms 134-135 call us to bless and praise the Lord. He is a great God who does great things.  What great things has he done for you recently?  Bless and praise the Lord.

Psalms 130-140: Approaching Our God

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(139) What do you learn about our great God in each of these passages, and what does that mean for our lives?

V1-6 –

V7-12 –

V13-18 (138:8) –

In response to God, how does David view God’s enemies?  How should we view God’s enemies?

What does he recognize about himself (v23-24)?  Do you pray these words?

(136) This psalm celebrates God’s love in his creation (v4-9), his redemption (v10-16), and his preservation (v17-25).  How do we see God’s love in each of these actions?

How should we respond to his great love (v1-3, 26)?  What keeps us from responding more in this way?

(130-134) These psalms are the final songs of ascents, sung as the people went to Jerusalem to appear before God.  From these psalms, how should we approach our great loving God?  Why?

130 –

131 (138:6) –

132 –

133 –

134 (135:1-3) –

(130-140) Which verse(s) or psalm especially speaks to you, and why?

Passion Points

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Here are some good posts for your weekend reading:

Why Believing That God Is Sovereign Makes All the Difference – Erik Raymond (Crossway)

Finding Peace When the Whole World Is Going To Pieces – Stephen Altrogge

10 Things You Should Know about Your Smartphone – Tony Reinke (Crossway)

2 Ways To Look at the People in Your Church – Tim Challies

Hope you have a great Lord’s Day with your local church!

 

Reflections on Psalms 127-129

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Which psalm or verse especially reflects your heart today?  Use those words to talk to the Lord.

  • Work – Psalm 127 reminds us that our work is futile unless God blesses it. Instead of anxious constant toil, we should do our work and then rest, trusting God to bless it.  Which of those two ways better describes you?
  • Children – Psalm 127 tells us that children are a blessing from God. How does that compare to our culture’s view of children?  Who do children ultimately belong to?  How should that affect the way parents raise them?